Jackson County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Jackson County ILGenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Jackson County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Cape Girardeau County, MO  to the southwest
• Franklin County  to the east and northeast
• Perry County  to the north
• Perry County, MO  to the southwest
• Randolph County  to the northwest
• Union County  to the south
• Williamson County  to the east

Bible Records

• Jackson County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Carbondale GEDCOM Index 
• A history of southern Illinois  A narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests (Volume 2)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• A history of southern Illinois  A narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests (Volume 3)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Jackson Co, Illinois, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Jackson County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Jackson County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Jackson County GEDCOM Index 
• Jackson County, Illinois Family Biographies      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Portrait and biographical record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe counties, Illinois  1894     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries (60)

Census Records and Indexes (44)

Church Records

• Catholic Parish Records, Diocese of Belleville  1729-1956     (Source: Family History Library)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Jackson County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Jackson County Wills and Estates      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Ethnic

• African American Coal Miner  Information Center

History (48)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Illinois, County Naturalization Records  1800-1962     (Source: Family History Library)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Jackson County, IL      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jackson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jackson, Randolph Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jackson, Union Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

Lookups

• Jackson County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)
• Juli Claussen  Search & Genealogy Services     ($)
• Juli Claussen Search & Genealogy Services      ($)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (20)

Maps and Gazetteers (56)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Jackson County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • Civil War Units      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)

• Revolutionary War

  • 1835 Revolutionary War Pensioners      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Veteran Burials      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Jackson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Army Casualties      (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Casualties      (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • Jackson County, Illinois  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Jackson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Jackson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Jubilee year, A. L. 5907, Shekinah Lodge, no. 241, 1857-1907  Carbondale, Illinois     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Migrations through Jackson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records (12)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Penny Postcards from Illinois      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Historical Postcards of Jackson County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Carbondale vicinity      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historic Places, Buildings and Homes in Carbondale and the SIUC Campus  Carbondale Public Library
• Illinois--Jackson County--Carbondale.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Illinois--Jackson County--Murphysboro.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Murphysboro United Methodist Church 
• OurHomeTown62942 Online Photos  Grand Tower

School Records and Histories (20)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Jackson County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Daniel H. Brush Chapter  Carbondale     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Daniel H. Brush Chapter  Carbondale     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois 
• Jackson County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (162)

Transportation and Industry (10)

Vital Records

• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Jackson County, 1830 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jackson County Clerk and Recorder 
• Jackson County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Jackson County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Jackson County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Jackson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Jackson County     (Source: Family History Library)

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